Letters. Correspondence.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of George Henry Lewes, English Philosopher and Critic, and James Frederick Ferrier, Scottish Metaphysical Philosopher.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13139
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises seven letters, 1841 – 1846, between George Henry Lewes (1817 – 1878), English Philosopher and Critic of English Literature and Theatre, and James Frederick Ferrier (1808 – 1864), Scottish Metaphysical Philosopher, instigated by the appearance in October 1841 of an article by Ferrier in Blackwood’s Magazine entitled ‘ The Crisis of Modern Speculation’. The collection is an important and unique parcel of correspondence between the two Philosophers in which mutual...
Dates:
1841-1846.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Lewes to Lewis, G., 1823-1904.
File
Identifier: MS.40693
Scope and Contents
This manuscript includes letters, 1827-1859 and uncertain dates, of Sir George Cornewall Lewis to John Murray II and John Murray III. Most of the letters concern his own publications and his views on the publications or manuscripts of others. All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Lewes, George, 1847-1875: folios 1-5;Lewin, Thomas, 1850-1874: folios 6-15;Lewin, Walter, 1892: folios 16-17;Lewis,...
Dates:
1823-1904.